North Carolina Newspapers

$VV nil. ... A. finsranleed Bona-nae, cTcry-uay I circulation Larger Than That $ Of Any Other Dally News- i I naoer PuMlahed In P V - i I Wilmington. OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAP A IN inn baa.jb.jdi I OUTLINES. jlilitia have been sent from , Lex ington to Clay county, KyM to pre vent riotin? at the trial of Thomas tTnard for murder. The Tennes- pnal and Iron Co. has advanced- qcres of its mines six thousand men. The Court of Cassation has on nl red a revisiuu ui mo jujrojiua Kv new court martial. H , tier- many PJff sPaia 25.000.000 pesetas for the Carolina, Palolas and Marianno islauils- - Dawey's health contin ues to improve; he will sail for home Tuesday- A negro who assaulted an eight year old white girl at Powder Springs, Ga., is surrounded in a swamp, and if caught will be lynched. Diplomatic relations . with Spain were formally resumed in Washing-J ton yesterday. - A moo of ; three hundred men last night were surround ing the Polk county, Ga.. jail, clam oring for a negro charged with assault upon a widow lady, aged 65 years Eight freight cars and an engine wrecked in a collision on the Nor folk and Western railroad.. New York markets: Money on call ' ai 9i7h9'i np.r cenL. last !nnn SlcaUJ rt. i being at 2 per cekit. ; cotton steady, midJlinff uplands 6Xc. ; ' flour was quiet bat firm; wheat spot' firm; No. 2 red S5c; corn spot firm; No. 2, 40jc; rosin quiet; spirits i turpentine barely steady at 3940c WEATHER REPORT. U. 3. Dep't op AqriotjIjTtjrk, if Weather Bureau, v Wilmixc.tox, N. C, June 3. Temperatures: 8 A.. M., 74 degrees; 8 P. M., 77 decrees ; maximum, 81 de grees; minimum, 03 degrees; mean, 76 decrees. . ' Riinfall for the day, .72; rainfall siace 1st o! tne mourn up 10 aate, 1.44. '.- . J Stae of water in the river at Fay- etteville at S A. M., 8 feet i COTTON REGION BULLETIN. Heary showers occurred .during the pi5t2t noarj ia the eastern portion of the Carolinas;' elsewhere generally I i i . rm clear weamer prevails, me caanges in temperature were slight. . FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. J Washincton, June 3. For North Carolina Fair Sunday and Monday, light easterly winds. I Tori Aloc June 4. I S.Mi Rises ... ........... 4.46 A. M.- ia Sets 7.10 P. M. itav' Ienirth. ., . 14 H. 24 M.: lilies Water at Southporl 5.04 P. M. ins:!! svuter. WUminflrton : 8 34 ri M. A man died in Xew York a few lays ago aged 1 years. His prema- Iture doinistr is attributed to cxces- sive irnluteence in tea and coffee. A Western paper reports "hail stones in lartjo as .cherries." Pshaw! VOt.llilUf Qtrnllor tVion rrAAaa eicreea ..in in in l iiuu gwisu fan ) ' men eggs, or at least walnuts, count Mown here.- I Mr. Paderewski didn't marry that liTorced woman whom it was ! re ported he had married. The - prin cipal reason why he didn't was i be- pu30 8he wa3 hi3 sist er. ! i Jn addition to the Dreyfus racket fae gulily French are now making puoh hm in lionizing Gen. Mar- bhaml, who made that famous march. "Africa, and is nowi back in trance. This is the season when the lucky IWner t) Olicrba rm fViaf. nnt ftf feoW." It hits l.lrnnru Koon -nlminrVinrl r W(V KTJSK 4 PP in North Carolina and in Dela ware. -. Xorth Carolina alwavs srets iae start m uloup-riirKr if. nn. Bradley, of Kentucky, de- lres that he drinks nothing Fonerthfin 1 om Ar nA a o-nl Trof Ti a v.. "-v., 'iims to be n. thnrnn trli W1 TTati. u.m, it may, however, be a Mucky brand of lemonade, i ne Japanese government solved problem of sanitation; for one of e towns there, with a population ',yw), by building a town near ua uetter location, moving the '"aoitants and Mtown. then burning he mi ' "tallest man" in this conn- y, a. j. powell of Tex 8 who Pcasurea seven feet three and a half FMs. and wn;g ok ,i ij "t-vcral years performed with f num s circus, is now a gay and urummer. P..1 T, VU brown mnof 1, r,V.A4- I ..... uv.ou uc gcwuiii duviv -"'a or something. He is talking "'sanizing another "Coxey army' i m i. . l . -"ca to Washington. But Pef- WllI not be thm-A in f Senatr Allen to defend them if r-J get upon tho grass. L-.i r"1 o a Littl e Bov. Mrs. John Mavland hav ,'ncere sympathy of tfceirfriendsjn hi t "m.i3 u-jy, Kjxri ixer- it . - - " u uicu yesveruay 1 O'Cloctc. n.t th him Ono . . ' - , : -'sui uionins ana are J Year Ckin.K4. t, ' t r. - i -.iter nn , r i "mneralwill ha street this afternoon at fc:30 .aad the interment will be at "VUH I .uicwsry. - . , r tTAT --. : vuii. riAlv. NO. 64. LOCAL DOTS. - Standard Oil barere No. 5fi ar- nvea up yesterday in tow of Blanche. tug - Some North Carolina peaches. grown in the vicinity of Wilmington, were on the market yesterday. The Board of Audit - and Finance holds the first of its regular semi-monthly meetings for June to morrow nightt beginning at 8 o'clock. The Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association will hold its,hir teenth annual meeting in the city court room on Tuesday, June 6th, at 8 Jr. EL. - .. " The meeting of the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover county to-morrow is one of more than "ordinary importance. Aknong other things there will be a revision of the jury list. Matilda Moore, the colored woman who was pronounced insane a few days ago, was sent on yesterday to the asylum for insane colored people at Goldsboro. Deputy Sheriff Flvnn had her in charge. - - ' Yesterday being the day for the people from the eountry to come to town the listing of county taxes proceeded briskly. Mr. Blanks was assisted by Cant A. T.. TtATWt City tax listing also looked up a little yesterday. . , - L. V. Grady, Esq., has closed a contract with J. C. Stout to erect five residences on the southeast corner of Second and Walnut streets for W. . HI . fc ' 1 1. isannerman, of Burgaw. Mr. Stout is also erecting four other residences for other parties , ' Charlotte Observer'. Miss Lena Heath goes to Wilmington on the 27th to act as bridesmaid at the , mar riage of Miss Tyer and Mr. Sam Collier which takes place on the 28th. ,Miss Heath will remain in Wilmington for a week or more. Justice G. W. ; Borne mann was called to the residence, corner of Front and Meares street, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to perform the pleasant duty of marrying a couple. Tne parties were Mr. Vandoren Rice and Miss Nettie Cirkle. Mr. A. B. Shiver,one of the em ployes of the Wilmington Iron Works, is quite sick from the effects of getting overheated. The Stab is requested by some of his friends to say that the im pression that has gotten out that he was to have been a witness in the counterfeiting cases is a mistaken one. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. O'Connor For sale. Seacoast Road Schedule. A. C. L. Schedule change. Jas. D. Nutt The necessity. . Geo. 0.Jaylord Up to date. M. H. Curran Suits to measure. Geo. Honnett, Jr. A suggestion. Meeting Wil. H. & L. Association. J. W. Harper Carolina Beach and Southnort schedule. BU8INK8S LOOAX8. Agentst Outfit free. Salesmen Soapman. Wanted Steam yacht. '. Board For young men. For Rent Seven-room houses. P. H. Hayden Buggies, harness. BACK FROM WASHINGTON. Hob. John D. Bellamy, Congressman-Elect Prom tae Sixth District Hon. John D. Bellamy arrived here from Washington city yesterday morn ing. Depositions in the contest case, from the Sixth Congressional District were opened by Hon. Alexander McDowell, Clerk of the House of Representa tives, at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon All minted documentary evidence and newspapers,- many of which were filed by Cot. Dockery. were ruled put, and will therefore not SDDear in the printed evidence. Exceptions to the testimony were made anew and pre pared for the committee on elections as soon as it shall be appointed by the next Speaker. ; r . Board of Aldermen To-morrow. The Board of Aldermen will meet to morrow, at 11 A. M. instead of at 8 P. M. as usuaL This is on account of the prospective absence of several mem bers of the board to-morrow night. One of the matters to be discussed ia the doe tax, which will be due June ; 10th according to the city ordinances. The badges, one thousand in number, are already in hand. They were made bv Mr. C. E. Jevens, who made the lowest bid for furnishing them. The treasurer's department employes took a half holiday yesterday, which will be observed every Saturday during .the hot weather. A New Style of Burn- An attraction at the stables of Messrs. S. P Cowan uo., yesier- dav. was a ball-bearing bicycle buggy, the first of the kind ever brougnt 10 Wilmington. The wheels are exactly like those of the ordinary bicycle, with rubber tires, and a glance at the run nine ffear shows that for light running this voMaIa nnnnnt be exceiiea. - as is ..... - Ti owned by Mr. George Harriss, Jr. - 1 1 Creach Still in JaU. Creacb. the negro suspected of com- mitting murder in Florence, S. C.vw still in jail. Information from Florence sufficient to establish, his identity as the miiltv oartv is not yet in hand. He has been talking pretty freely and is so uncertain about his own previous history that the authorities feel pretty mm hn ia vtiiltv of some crime if not of the one alleged. ; a. fvi'xtk-v;!.-- - . . .. . , . : - . - 1 TQIS IS COURT WEEK: i 1i United States Circuit and Dis trict and New Hanover f CriminaTCourts. ! WILL ALL BE IN SESSION. Criminal Coort Convenes To-morrow and the United States Courts Tuesday. . The Dockets Uonsaally Small, i Important Cases.' i' The United States Circuit and Dis trict Courts will be convened in the Federal Court room in this citv on Tuesday morning of this week. The judge presiding will be Judge Thos. R. Purnell. It has been reported that Judge Nathan Goff. of the Circuit Court of Appeals, has been instructed to sit with Judge Purnell." "However, Deputy Clerk W. H. Shaw has re ceived no notice of the coming of Judge Goff. . i The docket for this term of the court is rather smaller than ustfaL - Fifty four cases were continued from last court, and there are seventy-four new cases to be investigated before the grand jury. .It will be safe to estimate that seventy-five per cent, of the latter will be returned as true bills. ! The most interesting cases on the docket are those asrainst Nicholas Politz, Walter Silvey and Joe Quince, colored, charged with counterfeiting. The circumstances leading to their re cent arrest are familiar to Stab read ers. It is not known what day these cases will come up for trial. Another case of some interest is a suit against ex-Postmaster Jno. F. Jacobs of West, Columbus county, and his bondsmen, J. W. Jacobs and Jessie Long. jThe bond is for $500, and the suit is for an alleged shortage of $129.92. Interest is also claimed on the amount from May 7, 1897. j New Hanover Criminal Court, j Mr. W. R. French, clerk of the New Hanover Criminal Court, received. a letter yesterday from Judge Dossey Battle stating that he will arrive in this city in time to convene the June term of the New Hanover court on to-morrow (Monday morning) prompt ly at 9.30 o'clock. It has been the practice heretofore to convene the court at 10 o'clock, but Judge Battle desires that the court be convened and ready to proceed with the business of the term at 9.30 o'clock as a matter of public economy. The grand jury, which served during the March term of the court, it will be remem bered, was held over for service dur ing the present session. The jury is as follows: D. It. Gore (foreman), J. T. Her ring, C. F. Selter, L. Southerland, N. M. McEachern, W. M. Cumming, P. H. Walsh, Murphy Wood, J. T. Gor don, F. W. Ortmann, H. Newman, John Alboltten, Hardy Litgen, J. E. Merritt, D. C. Price, J. R. Smith, A. D. Garrison and B. F. LeGwin. I The docket for this term of the court as no cases of special interest, com prising only tne usual run oi pent cases sent up from the magistrates' courts.' 1 r I Solicitor Rodolph Duffy is in the city and Judge Battle will probably arrive to-day. Other officers of the court will be Mr. W. R. French clerk, and Mr. Walter MacRae high sheriff. TRUCKING NEAR WILMINGTON The Admirable Facilities for Growing All Kinds of Summer and Win ter Vegetables. What elegant soil this section or country has for the cultivation of vegetables was admirably shown at the market yesterday by a single cart load of vegetables, j These vegetables were grown on a piece of poor ground (as the renter described it) near Oak- dale cemetery. There were beets, Irish potatoes, , lettuce, squash, j cab bage, parsley, radishes, not to speak of a number of other vegetables which the rain! of Friday afternoon pre vented from being gathered. What makes .the capabilities of the soil and the advantages of climatic conditions more marked is the fact that the land was practically unused to truck.! Mr. W.'t J. Kirkhamj the gentleman who is cultivating the little truck farm referred to, says another vear he will grow a number of vege- kKlra hitherto unknown m these parts. Among the things he will cul tivate is the rhubarb plant. There is no question but that Wilmington; has much to expect from its trucking in- terests. MONTHLY FIRE REPORT. The Fires During May, As Shown by the lyChiefs Ffcnres. j The monthly report of Chief Charles a.i,n;Hwn of the Wilmineton U'ire Department, as it will be presented to the Board of Aldermen at their meet ing to-morrow at 11 o'clock, contains information as follows: lweive alarms, of which 10 were by bell, 1 by telephone, and one was a still alarm. Four fires were caused by sparks from chimney, 2 by chimney burning put, 1 by spark from fire pot, t from j de fective flue. 1 by lightning, i . oy children playing in the fire, 1 by care lessness, 1 by tamp explosion, valua tion of buildings was f 14,500, or con tents, $8,550; insurance on buildings, , 410.150: on contents, 3,5UU; aamages to building $247.50, to contents iav. -Ma? &Jmibbm : expects to nave wnrk betrun on his new house, North- wAst corner of Fourth and dock .wiin a few davs. It will be a Bbfcvww V - . two story house with tin roof. 1V10R WILMINGTON, N. 0., SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1899. Assm of the INA11UINAL BANK. Sold at Auction Yesterday Morning by Homer J. Clark, of-Qoldsboro, Receiver. JNearly two hundred thousand dol lars in assets of the First National Bank of ; Wilmington was sold at auction yesterday at 10 o'clock, at the court house door, for $75.00 toE. K. Bryan, Esq., the bid being afterwards privatelyjraised to $83,00 by Mr. Bryan. Mr. Homer J. Clark, of Goldsboro, receiver, j read the j terms of the sale and asked E. K. Bryan, Esq., to con duct the sale. The property was sold in four classes, bills receivable, judg ments, overdrafts and miscellaneous. Each item in each class was taken. up separately and bid off, then bids were made in the aggregate of each class. and finally the aggregate of all the claims was bid off. :. I f Bills receivable went at any bid priceone for over, thirteen thousand dollars was knocked down : for ten cents, while another for eighteen thousand brought thirty five cents'. The aggregate of the bid for bills re ceivable was $7.10, the bids in detail ranging from r one cent to $3.30. Among the bidders for. this and the other classes of assets were Messrs. E. K. Bryan, S. P. Collier, A. F. Toon (of Whiteville), W. L. Smith and J: D. Smith, i I The judgments brought slightly better prices, one of them going as high as ten dollars. Overdrafts were not in demand, and the whole lot of sixty or seventy, as bid off in detail, sold for only seventeen cents. I The total of the bids for miscellaneous as sets, including two interest coupons on bonds of Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville Railroad Company, and interest coupons of the city of Wil mington, amounted to forty-one cents 1.r ii . " i ' . ,,v In the sale by classes bills receiv able were bid in by Mr. A. F. Toon at $7.15, an advance of five cents! over the total of the bids in detail. J Mr. S. P. Collier bid in the judg ments in a lump at $65.75, the bids in detail footing up $27.17. One of these judgments amounted to nearly $35,- 000. Overdrafts were run up jfrom seventeen to thirty cents by Mr. A. F. Toon. Miscellaneous assets were also bidin by Mr. A. F. Toon for forty-two cents, one cent more than the total of bids as made separately. j Lastly tne aggregate of all tne as sets was put up and sold to E. K. Bryan for $75, a sum slightly in excess of the total of the bids for the classes in j the aggregate, i The receiver re served the! acceptance of the bid, and subsequent offers, after the public sale had been concluded, were made until the figures; were run up to $83. j This was Mr. El K. Bryan's offer, and it was finally accepted by the receiver. Yesterday's sale is one of the last transactions of the final winding up of the business of the First National Bank. It closed its doors November 24th, 1893, land went into the hands of a receiver December 1st of the same year. Receiver Clark says there will probably be one more dividend, of per haps one per cent. : TRIED FOR VIOLATION OF CITY ORDINANCE. A Dealer in i Country Produce Violates Sec tion Five of Article Plve Taxed With the Costs. On a warrant sworn out by J. S. Sneeden, A. Greenblott was before Justice J. M. McGowan yesterday morning charged with the violation of a part of section 5 of article 5 of the city ordinances. The portion of the law violated reads thus: Nor shall it be lawful for any person bringinsr into the city for sale in carts. wagons or other vehicles, any fresh meats, beef, pork, mutton, game, fish. oysters, clams, garden truck or farm products, to sell, or expose, or offer the same for cash, in any other cart,. waeon or vehicle, than that in which the said articles are brought into the city. Any! person I violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined for each offence nity dollars. Others besides Mr. Sneeden who testified to Mr. Greenblott's violation e T. H. Johnson, - W. M. Sneeden, S. Allen and J. Laughlin. These had seen him selling from his cart garden produce! which had been transferred jfrom another cart He did not deny this, but as he did not know' he : was violating a city ordinance, thought he Ought not to be punished even lightly, and talked of taking an appeal, after the court,upon the sugges tion of Mayor Waddell, had remitted the fine, and only taxed him with the costs, amounting to something over four dollars. ! Of course it will be understood that the ordinance is to prevent huckster ing in the vicinity of the market house by any persons except those regularly licensed. ;l BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of I Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. W.& W. Railroad 6 casks spirits turpentine, 2 barrels tar, 11 barrels crude turpentine. ' W., C. & A. Railroad 86 casks spirits turpentine, 61 barrels' rosin, 18 barrels tar, ia parreis cruae turpentine. A. & Y. Jiailroad 12 casks spirits turpentine. 53 barrels rosin, 35 barrels tar. 4-J Steamer W. T. Dacsrett 8 casks spirits turpentine, 43 barrels rosin, barrels tar. ! - . - ". ' Steamer E. A. Hawes 1 bale cotton. 41 casks spirits turpentine, 37 barrels rosin, 7 barrels crude turpentine. J Total Cotton. 1 bale: spirits tur pentine. 103 casks: rosin, 184 barrels; tar, 58 barrels; - crude turpentine, 37 barrels. NINO ....... . , i.-i T ' ' ' : r- . . " PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. - Mr, S. S. Snyder, of Charlotte, is registered at The Orton. Mr. N. F. Shines, of - Kenans- ville, was ur the city yesterday .J Mr. W. E. Pennington, of Tar- boro, is in the city to spend Sunday. -Mr. William M. Bellamy has returned home from Horner's school. Mr. Ernest Farrior, of Char lotte, was a visitor in the city yester-. Mr. Walter Clark, of Fort Caswell, is visiting in the city for a few days. ':- ' ; j " i j ' - , - - ! Mr. M. J. Corbett and family have gone to , Wrightsville Beach for. the summer. i, " Mrs. L. B. Pennington left last night for Rocky Mount to visit Mrs. Snyder. '.-"'j -.. j - .;. Mr. O. F. MacRae, assistant claim agent for the Seaboard Air Line, is in the city. ; - Miss Belle Gore returned home yesterday from Edenton, where she has been visiting friends, i WinstonSalem Journal.) June 2nd: Misses Hazel Love, of Wilming ton, is visiting Miss Lizzie Mclver on First street, i ' i : - : . Mr. Howard Fisher, travelling representative of Dobler & Mudge, wholesale paper dealers, Baltimore, is in the city. ' ! Mr. J. Rowland, wife and two children arrived in the city yesterday and went down to Wrightsville Beach yesterday afternoon. ' ; ; Mr.; A. F. Toon, of White ville, came down yesterday to attend the receiver's sale of the" remaining assets of the First National Bank. Prof. Neilsen has returned from a trip to Bladen and Sampson counties, and will remain here, at 515 South Eighth street, for one week. Dr. E. A. Sherra, post surgeon of ; Fort Caswell, spent yestorday in the city, j He was accompanied by Mrs. Sherrs. They registered at The Orton. .. - - Mr. j James D. Woodroe, of Savannah, Ga., is here on a visit. This is his former home and he was warm ly greeted, by numerous i friends yes terday. - Miss Marianna Gillican re turned on yesterday from a few days' visit to relatives in Beaufort, S. C. She was accompanied by her friend. Miss Ella Cunningham. Mr. Fred Craft returned home yesterday. He was a member of the First North Carolina Regiment .which was mustered out of the service a short while ago at Havana, Cuba. Mr. I Clarence ! C. ; Livingston and family have moved to their cot tage on Wrightsville Beach for the Summer, j Miss Gertrude M. Bagby went to the Beach yesterday to spend a week, the guest of Miss Lela Liv ingston. ! j " i ' - r X .. BASE BALL GAME SATURDAY. j 0. A. N. and A. C. L Teams . Practiclnr Palthf oily Payetteville Team Com ing Jane 20 To Elect Officers. Much interest is being taken by the members of the "O. A. N." and "A. C. L." ball teams' in the game to be played next Saturday.) Both teams are very strong. Either one would do credit to represent any town on the diamond. ! The "O. A. NV will begin secret practice at their grounds to mor row afternoon, and the A. C. L's will continue at Hilton . Park. Manager Hatch when asked about his team says that it is by far the best team that the "O. A. N," has ever put on the dia mond. The "A. C. L." boys are not saying much but are steadily sawing wood and hope to be able to erase the blot the "O. A. N's" gave them in the last game.' New faces will appear on both teams in thd game next Saturday and the public will be given a treat in the base ball line if they attend next Saturday's game. j j A game has been arranged with Fayetteville, to be played here on the 20th inst. The game with Charlotte. as previously stated, has been post poned for a few weeks. The base ball fever has also forcibly struck Char lotte, and Wilmington's boys say they will "play ball" to win from their old rivals, k - h f' A meeting of the base ball talent will be held this week to elect officers for the team that will represent this city this season , in games with those of neighboring cities. . ! At Wrightsville or Carolina Beach. Wilmington is to have the North Carolina Press Association again. It met here three years ago, and it is a matter for the city to congratulate it self and that the association islwilling to come again so soon. Editor J. B. Sherrill, of Concord, secretary of the association, writes that the executive committee is -unde cided as to whether to hold the meet ing at Wrightsville or Carolina Beach, but a decision will be reached in a few days. The date of the meeting is July 12th and 13th. To Adopt a Paleface. Members of the Eyota Tribe No. 5, Improved Order of Red Men, are sharp ening their scalping knives and putting their accoutrements in order for the adoption of a paleface which they will do in great shape on the '"Eighth run and thirteenth breath of the Ninth Sleep of the HotMoon G. 8. D. 408, which according to the calendar of the pale faces will be at 8.30 o'clock Friday June 9th. TAR, NEWS FROM RALEIGH. White Republican Convicted of Murdering a Negro Pardoned ' by the Governor. . THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. Crops Seriously Damaged by Hail and Wind Storms Insurance Companies Li- -censed Arduous Work of An- ; diting Penitentiary Claims. Special Star Correspondence.' r i Raleigh, N, C, June 3. The Governor has pardoned James A. Moore, son of Ex-Sheriff : Moore. (Republican), of Franklin county. He was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing a negro and sent up for fifteen years. The homi cide occurred at a political barbecue near Franklinton while Russell was a candidate for Governor. He had served three years, of his sentence. The pardon .'" was granted yesterday but has not been announced at the executive Office. Asked yesterday if there was any reason assigned for the pardon- Private Secretary . Cade said there was, but he was not authorized to give it out.. Crops Damaged. Great damage has been done to crops in this county by the recent hail ana wind storm, in some places the tobacco crop has been ruined and the cotton crop has been twice replanted, mere nave been three hail storms in the county this week, accompanied by severe winds. They occurred' Mon day, Wednesday and Thursday. uaviason county xms morning set TV ! Jl ! .A ll T . tled its 1898 taxes, paying: in to the State Treasurer $8,665.90. Board of Agriculture. The Board of Agriculture did a number of things yesterday. All the officers and employes agreed on by the caucus the night before and ted in a lump, except that King, the present engineer, was retained. Be sides these things the board did the following: Loaned $1,500 to the State Fair. Voted to pay members per diem from the time they leave home. Awarded the contract for the new museum annex to ltner oc uo., of Charlotte, at $17,500. Loaned $5,000 to the Agricultural and Mechanical College for a month or so. The report of the Finance Commit tee was of a ' sensational nature, ex posing the extravagance of the Fu sion board. Insurance Companies Licensed. Of the one hundred and twenty-six insurance companies licensed to do business in North Carolina this year. ninety-one have complied with the conditions of the Craig bill by becom ing domestic corporations. Thirty-five have failed to comply with the law. and their license is therefore useless. Until they become home corporations they can do no business whatever, un der a penalty of $200 a day. The A. and M. College commence ment begins Monday night with the baccalaureate sermon by Kev. A. J. McKelway, editor of the Presbyterian Standard, at Uharlotte. It is ruled by the State Treasurer that ' a photographer is liable to the license tax of $5 to the State only once each year, but that $5 county tax must be paid in every county in which I he does business. Penitentiary Claims. The work of auditing the claims of the penitentiary is an arduous and difficult one. Already the executive committee of the board of directors have spent two weeks at it and the work is not complete yet. The com mittee will come back again week after next to finish it up. By that time the State Treasurer will have the money for the bonds recently sold. They will be delivered to the purchaser at the Bankers' convention here next week. An official is here from Washington citv making an inspection with a view to building -a nne government road from the city to the Federal cemetery. The officials at the penitentiary were surprised yesterday to see a negro con vict Will Wilkins, walk up to the Sate and ask admission, lie told them lat he has escaped from the rice farm near Wilmington and walked back to the penitentiary. Asked why he had done'so he explained that "it had got too hot down there" for him and then they were "whipping niggers to make 'em work harder." : tie said he "les nacherly got tired er farm work any way and wanted to come back ter Raleigh. " He will be sent back. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT. Closing Exercises-Address' by Mr. Henry Blount A Delighted Audience. - Star Correspondence. "Whitakers, N. C, May 29. The fine school of Elder A. J. Moore, of this place, closed a successful session on Friday last. Under the admirable management of Capt. Moore and his ' accomplished daughter, . Miss Minnie, the school has steadily grown in popu lar favor and usefulness, for the pupils nere receive tne most tnorougn train- mg. xne exercises Dnaay evening were unusually attractive, xne speaker for the occasion was Henry iJiount, tha naAnloea so rw onn hn nroa vAinr gracefully and felicitously presented to tne audience py miss uunnie Moore in one of X the neatest speeches this writer has ever heard. The audience was carried away with his fine Oratory, and enchanted with his eloquence. i t On Sunday evening the Methodist Church was a scene of great loveli ness and beauty. It was beautifully decorated and filled to its utmost ca pacity with the ver elete of the town and - country. This occasion was Children's Day. Motto, "Battle for Life." The children seemed to be per fectly at home and recitad their little pieces and sang their sweet little songs perfectly and showed that they had been thoroughly trained. Miss Lena Taylor presided at the organ. Miss Mamie Battle led the choir. The "1 A .41 music was gooa ana to mem great honor is due for this magnificent en tertainment, v Mr. J. E. Woodall, a popular travelling salesman of Richmond, is registered at The Orton, x r WHOLE NO. 9,922 WANTED TO UST TAXES. But Came Very Near Taking Out a Mar riage License Through Mistake A Laughable Occurrence. A man walked into the Register of Deeds' office yesterday and asked' if it it was the place to do the grand act. What else was Register Biddle to think than that the interrogator was asking in a modestly indirect way to take out a marriage licenses. The usu al questions were, asked. Name, re sidence and age were given and clear ly recorded on the books. Then the names of the father and mother were asked, and perhaps there was a trace, of consternation 'on ' the visitor's countenance. 'But the Re- corder did not notice it,' and def eren- tilly asked the name of the lady. The wonder grew on the young man's face and he said he never heard of any lady, which was just an emphatic way of saying that none of the oppo i site sex was Connected with the ob ject of his visit to the court house. Then it was Register Biddle's turn to be astonished. Oh his remarking that it was rather a queer prpceeding for a man to come after a marriage license and not know the name of the lady he was going to marry, the ' ter ribly confused young man ended as he had begun, by asking a question, but this time a very direct one "Isn't this the place to list taxes ?" SUNDAY SERVICES. "The Triumphs of Trifles" will be the subject to-night at the First Bap- list cnurcn. , - I . v St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Sixth and Market streets, A. Q. Yoigt, D. D.; pastor. English services to-day at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday school at 4.3U tf. M. i Services in St. John's to-day. first Sunday after Trinity, by the rector Kev. JJr. uarmichael. Litany, ser mon and Holy Communion, 11 A. M. ; evenmg prayer, 6 o'clock; Supday school,- 5 if. M. Services at Grace Church by the Rev. A. P. Tyer, pastor, 11 A. M. and 8:15 P. M. Experience meeting, 10 A. M. Sunday school, J. 11. Davis, superintendent, 4:30. 1. M. Frayer Meeting, Wednesday, 8:15 r. M. ' St Matthew's English Lutheran Chuch, N. Fourth street, above Bladen, Kev. ii. V. Bernheim. pastor. Sum mer arrangement: Morning service at 11 o'clock;. JNo service at night.' Sun day school at 6.30 A. M. All seats free, the public generally invited. THE Y. M. C. A. MASS MEETING. Interesting Programme for the Service This Afternoon Special Music. This being the first Sabbath of the month, the 5.30 o'clock meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association will be a mass meeting,! open to both ladies and gentlemen. As announced yesterday, the programme is of un usual interest. Rev. A.1 D. . McClure, of SL Andrew's Presbyterian Church, will deliver the third of a series of ad dresses, his subject to-day being "Cross-Bearing." Features of the special music will be a selection by a quartette composed of Miss Nora Scott, Miss Minnie Perdew, Mr. D. O. Westbrook apd Mr. J. H. Davis: Mrs. Mattie Uhasten accom panist, and a solo by Prof. David Rus sell, of Boston; piano 'accompaniment by Mr. Alfred H. Yopp. I CoI.P. W. Foster's 01ft The Winston-Salem Journal of the second instant in reporting a recent meeting of Demon Lodge,. K. of P., in that city, has the following which will be of interest to Star readers: Mr. E. A. Ebert, supreme represen tative, on behalf of Col. F. W. Fos ter, of Wilminsrton. presented the lodge-with a veryf pretty ana notable gaveL The Keeper of seals and Re cords was instructed to write Mr. Fos ter a letter of thanks. The gavel was made from the timber .1 of the house of the first Governor of North Carolina, Cornelius Harnett, which was located near Wilmington. The head of the gavel was made of red cedar taken from the corner post of the house and the handle of walnut taken from the sideboard. Cornelivs Harnett, ope ; of :. - the Revolutionary patriots i of the Cape Fear section, was never Governor of North Carolina. - Stab, 0a Wrightsville Beach. The principal attractions on Wrights ville Beach during the present week will he a club frolic at the ' Atlantic Tacht Club house on Friday night and the inaugural hop at the Seashore Hotel on Saturday night. Both will be of much social interest. The Balti' more Italian band will furnish the music for both occasions, and people 1 from the city will attend in large num bers. Returning to Boston. . David Russell, of Boston, will sing at the T. M. C. A. services this after noon at 5.30 o'clock. He is the guest of Mr. James W.' Monroe, . who is in augurating a movement looking to the payment of the young gentleman's expenses back to his home in Boston. It is now thought that one or two re citals will be given in his interest. W. & W. Schedule Changes. A slight change in the schedule on the Wilmington and Weldon road goes into effect, this morning. Asa result of this change train No. 48 leaves the Front street depot at 9.45 A. M., instead of 9.05 A. M. as hereto fore, and No. 41 will arrive at 9.40 A. M., instead of 9.45 A. M. ; DIED. HAYLAND in this dfrjr, June 3rd, 4.20 P. M.. CARL HERBERT HAYLAND, beloved son of John and Carrie Mayland, aged 1 year, 8 months and 5 days. - i Funeral from 108 South Seventh street, Sun day, June 4th, at 5.30 p. M. : Friends Invited to. attend. Interment at BeUevue. Asleep in Jesus." . tcdtic nc CIIDCnDIDTintl a iim. ii nr. iiuniiin rim . X One Year, by Mail, $6.00 . XSlz Months. " 8.50! w il'. . . n tr ' A -too wgBIBIi A.AW -X Twe Months, " " 1.00 iDelivere to Subscribers Ia tfc City a 45 Cents per BEontn. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS The IJnrchison National Bank. Capital 3200,000. Our Business Keeps on Growing, Bat We are Prepared for All That Comes. WILL SERVE YOU Promptly. Accurately, Safely. W bov and sell Foreign Exchange, and furnish Letters of Credit available all over the world. H. C. MCQ.UKKN, President. J. V. GRAINGER, Cashier. apr29tf To Dealers Only. We are Commission Merchants for the sale of Grain. Provisions, Lard, Flours, all shipped us direct from packers and millers. It therefore stands reasonable that we should save you at least one profit less- than yon could bny from others, as we are first handlers no profits be tween, us and the packer a wide awake dealer knows that a small margin of profit brings them trade, and It Is very necessary that he most know or get left In the race If he falls to do so, hence he bnys his goods from the leading source of snpply, and we have that reputation and op portunities nave not been negiectea, nence our s access, we are noun me oia-nut we sen no low quality goods but give best quality at prices lower man otners can ngure weir cost. re ask the retailers to consider their own In terest as our snccess enables us to give him still closer prices wnen largely patronized, uo taxe an Interest In us and let us promptly eo for ward to a grand success. Correspond with us. VOLLERS & HASH AO AN, myMtf Kutt8$. A.'C. Line Crossing. A SUGGESTION. When so delicate an organ as the eye Is la question and there is any Indication that It requires Optical attention, the sooner the nature oi tne trouoie is ascertained ana remedied the less pain and discomfort will be I experienced in the future. it is better to give yoursen tne Denent oi scientific ' and conscientious examination, which you can have free of charge. The latest and most approved methods employed, and glasses inrnisnea at very reasonable rates . 5 GEORGE HOMNET, Jr., Resident Optician OFFICE AT . - GEORQK HONNETS JEWELRY STORE, jo 4 It No. 12 North Front street. Carolina Beach and Southport Schedule. ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, BOAT LEAVES For Carolina Beach, 9.15 A. M., 3 P. X. Train leaves Beach, P. M., Leaves Sunday, 10 A. M and 2.80 P. M. Leaves Beach, 12.30 and 6 P. M. For Southport, boat leaves 9.1S and 10.15 A. II., and 8 P. M. Leaves Southport, 6.30 A. M., is M., 2.80 P. M. Freight for Southport received only on 9.15 boat. J. W. HARPEB, my 30 tf t mianacer. WILMINGTON SEACOAST R. R. ON AND AFTER JUNE 1ST, 1899, the Schedule of the Wilmington Beacoast Rail road will be as follows: DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. Leave Wilmington. Leave Ocean View. 6.30 A. M. I 7.30 A. M. 10.10 A. M. - 11.30 A. M. 8.45 P. M. 6 00 P. M. 10.00 IP. M. . 8.30 P. M. 5.00 P. M. 7.15 P. M. SUNDAY. 10.10 A. M. I 11.80 A. M. 2.30 P. M. 6.00 P. M. Every Friday night,; on account of Club dances, the 7.15 P. M. train will leave the, beach at 11.00 P. M. Instead of 10.00. my31tf R. OSCAR GRANT, Bppt. , Flour! I Flour! 1,500 Barrels Flour. 1,600 2nd Hand Machine Casks. 2,000 Bushels Good Milling: Cora 1,000 Keg. Nail.. 40,000 Lbs. Rib Sides. 2,000 Lbs. We at'ii Smoked Sh'ld's 75,000 Lbs. Hoop Iron. Can meet any competition. Get my prices. D. L GORE, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wilmington. N. my 28 tf O. The Necessity For Medicines furnishes Its own reminder, but we would like to suggest in passing, that when any such unfortunate need occurs there Is no place In town where It can be supplied with more promptness, skill, accuracy, or with a higher class of drugs and chemicals than at our place. JAS. D. MUTT, : Druggist and Pharmaceutical Chemist, my 80 tf r, . Wilmington, N. O FOR SALE. The verv eligible lot and dwell ing recently damaged by lire, on Fifth street, No. 120, next corner of Orange; lot 66 by 165 teet. ISI'ii HI!1 Large cistern ana wen on tne Dremlses. Sewerage connection complete. Residence formerly occupied by Dr. W. w. Harriss. Apply to ' ' D. O'CONNOR, Je41t Real Estate Agent. The Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association v will bold Its Thirteenth Annual Meeting In the City Court room, June 6th. 8.80 P. M. All stockholders are hereby notified to be present, or have their shares represented by proxy. -. a C.vBROWN, Je 4 St " ' - Secretary and Treasurer. 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